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Professor Duncan Brown Explains the Newest Gravitational Waves Discovery
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman professor of physics, was also interviewed for Quanta magazine for the article The Latest Black Hole Collision Comes with a Twist.
Â鶹ƵµÀAlumnus Instrumental in LIGO’s Third Detection of Gravitational Waves
Alex Nitz G’15, who earned a Ph.D. in physics, helped detect the signal on Jan. 4, 2017, using a software package he began developing at Syracuse.
(Video) Panel Discussion in NYC on Gravitational Waves Discovery
On Thursday, Feb. 2, faculty members from Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity and MIT joined together in New York City for a panel discussion on the historic discovery of gravitational waves. Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity professors Duncan Brown and Peter Saulson and associate professor Stefan…
Duncan Brown to Be Inducted as Inaugural Brightman Endowed Professor Oct. 20
The College of Arts and Sciences is celebrating the appointment of Duncan Brown as the inaugural Charles Brightman Professor of Physics. A world-renowned expert in gravitational-wave astronomy and astrophysics, Brown will be honored by Â鶹ƵµÀon Thursday, Oct. 20, in…
Physicist Awarded Grant to Assess Authenticity of Gravitational-Wave Signals
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to continue the search for gravitational waves using the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO). Peter Saulson, the Martin A. Pomerantz ’37 Professor of Physics, is…
Gravitational Waves Discovery, New Carnegie Classification Underscore Research Excellence at Syracuse
From all over campus to all around the world, a momentous discovery in the world of physics was made known Thursday.
Video: Searching For Gravitational Waves News Conference at Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity
Â鶹ƵµÀScientists Integral to Discovery of Gravitational Waves (Video)
The discovery confirms a major prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 general theory of relativity.
Gravitational Waves Detected 100 Years after Einstein’s Prediction
LIGO Opens New Window on the Universe with Observation of Gravitational Waves from Colliding Black Holes
Live Press Conference: Searching for Gravitational Waves
A century after Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the National Science Foundation will gather scientists from Â鶹ƵµÀUniversity, Caltech, MIT and the LIGO Scientific Collaboration to update the scientific community on efforts to detect them.